Modesto Lacen

Born in Puerto Rico, Modesto Lacen is a stage, film and television actor. He holds a BFA from the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan.

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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ferland
CAST:  Diego Luna  •  Romola Garai  •  Sela Ward  •  John Slattery

In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ferland
CAST:  Diego Luna  •  Romola Garai  •  Sela Ward  •  John Slattery

Sudor amargo (2002)

An inspiring, realistic portrayal of a group of female workers struggling to keep their jobs at a doomed Puerto Rican cannery. The volatile atmosphere worsens when their boss is found murdered one morning. As the investigation goes on and each of the women is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sonia Valentín
CAST:  Alba Nydia Díaz  •  Yamaris Latorre  •  Yvonne Caro Caro  •  Esther Marí

An inspiring, realistic portrayal of a group of female workers struggling to keep their jobs at a doomed Puerto Rican cannery. The volatile atmosphere worsens when their boss is found murdered one morning. As the investigation goes on and each of the women is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sonia Valentín
CAST:  Alba Nydia Díaz  •  Yamaris Latorre  •  Yvonne Caro Caro  •  Esther Marí

Bala perdida (2003)

A festive, tropical Christmas in Puerto Rico is what Jennifer and Papotico are most looking forward to. Both young people are filled with musical talent, with dreams and hopes for the future. But their innocence, zeal for life, and special friendship are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Marchand Sánchez
CAST:  Choco Orta  •  Elí Cay  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Idalia Pérez Garay

A festive, tropical Christmas in Puerto Rico is what Jennifer and Papotico are most looking forward to. Both young people are filled with musical talent, with dreams and hopes for the future. But their innocence, zeal for life, and special friendship are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Marchand Sánchez
CAST:  Choco Orta  •  Elí Cay  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Idalia Pérez Garay

12 horas (2001)

A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Marchand Sánchez
CAST:  Marcos Betancourt  •  Cielomar Cuevas  •  Michelle Deliz  •  Flavia Manes Rossi

A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Marchand Sánchez
CAST:  Marcos Betancourt  •  Cielomar Cuevas  •  Michelle Deliz  •  Flavia Manes Rossi

Héroes de otra patria (1998)

This docu-drama deals with the lives of two soldiers from Puerto Rico enlisted to fight during the Vietnam conflict. Based on a real-life incident, the movie relates the young soldiers' ambiguity about the war and the tragic consequences their plight holds for them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iván Dariel Ortiz
CAST:  Jimmy Navarro  •  Adamari López  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Jorge Castillo

This docu-drama deals with the lives of two soldiers from Puerto Rico enlisted to fight during the Vietnam conflict. Based on a real-life incident, the movie relates the young soldiers' ambiguity about the war and the tragic consequences their plight holds for them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iván Dariel Ortiz
CAST:  Jimmy Navarro  •  Adamari López  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Jorge Castillo

Angélica (2016)

Angélica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marisol Gómez Mouakad
CAST:  Johanna Rosaly  •  Michelle Nono  •  Willie Denton  •  Yamil Collazo

Angélica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marisol Gómez Mouakad
CAST:  Johanna Rosaly  •  Michelle Nono  •  Willie Denton  •  Yamil Collazo

3000 (2015)

Puerto Rican major league baseball player Roberto Clemente, who is shy one hit of 3000, stands before New York Mets player Jon Matlack. During his turn to bat, Clemente recalls his early years in Puerto Rico, when he was first discovered by baseball club owner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Skip Font
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Guillermo Valedón  •  Yezmín Luzzed  •  Robert García Cooper

Puerto Rican major league baseball player Roberto Clemente, who is shy one hit of 3000, stands before New York Mets player Jon Matlack. During his turn to bat, Clemente recalls his early years in Puerto Rico, when he was first discovered by baseball club owner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Skip Font
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Guillermo Valedón  •  Yezmín Luzzed  •  Robert García Cooper

Millie and the Lords (2015)

Milagros Baez is a young, working class under-confident Puerto Rican woman whose life is changed for the better when she begins to learn about the Young Lords Party and her rich Puerto Rican history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennica Carmona
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Joel Arandia  •  Mateo Gómez  •  Cedric Leiba, Jr.

Milagros Baez is a young, working class under-confident Puerto Rican woman whose life is changed for the better when she begins to learn about the Young Lords Party and her rich Puerto Rican history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennica Carmona
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Joel Arandia  •  Mateo Gómez  •  Cedric Leiba, Jr.

Aventura verde (2010)

Five children enter a forest full of giant trees, strange animals, and magical characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdiel Colberg
CAST:  Linette Torres  •  Junior Álvarez  •  Maricarmen Avilés  •  Jimmy Navarro

Five children enter a forest full of giant trees, strange animals, and magical characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdiel Colberg
CAST:  Linette Torres  •  Junior Álvarez  •  Maricarmen Avilés  •  Jimmy Navarro

Las dos caras de Jano (2008)

It's December, but the people of San Juan aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. A serial killer has snuffed the life out of some of the most renowned bachelors. A doctor, a dentist, a social columnist and a university professor are the most recent victims of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmundo H. Rodríguez
CAST:  Myrna Casas  •  Ernesto Concepción Moreau  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Jonathan Dwayne

It's December, but the people of San Juan aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. A serial killer has snuffed the life out of some of the most renowned bachelors. A doctor, a dentist, a social columnist and a university professor are the most recent victims of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmundo H. Rodríguez
CAST:  Myrna Casas  •  Ernesto Concepción Moreau  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Jonathan Dwayne

Desamores (2004)

There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmundo H. Rodríguez
CAST:  Teófilo Torres  •  Yezmín Luzzed  •  Efraín López Neris  •  Jacqueline Duprey

There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmundo H. Rodríguez
CAST:  Teófilo Torres  •  Yezmín Luzzed  •  Efraín López Neris  •  Jacqueline Duprey

Barrios (2004)

Presents three barrio stories: "La familia del Camello" about a public residential basketball coach and his dilemmas, "El baila'o de Julia y Berto" about two neighbors trying to rediscover love in their maturity, and "El rumbón de Fepe" about a man who has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arí Maniel Cruz  •  Julio César Torres
CAST:  Raúl Carbonell Jr.  •  Kisha Tikina Burgos  •  Teófilo Torres  •  Aris Mejias

Presents three barrio stories: "La familia del Camello" about a public residential basketball coach and his dilemmas, "El baila'o de Julia y Berto" about two neighbors trying to rediscover love in their maturity, and "El rumbón de Fepe" about a man who has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arí Maniel Cruz  •  Julio César Torres
CAST:  Raúl Carbonell Jr.  •  Kisha Tikina Burgos  •  Teófilo Torres  •  Aris Mejias

The Other Mafia (2003)

Five prominent politicians are celebrating the bachelor party of one of them, but an accident occurs and a person dies. Now everyone is involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Castro
CAST:  Jerry Segarra  •  Jaime Bello  •  Jorge Luis Ramos  •  Modesto Lacen

Five prominent politicians are celebrating the bachelor party of one of them, but an accident occurs and a person dies. Now everyone is involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Castro
CAST:  Jerry Segarra  •  Jaime Bello  •  Jorge Luis Ramos  •  Modesto Lacen

Santa Cristal (2003)

A renowned telenovela actor announces the end of the world in a television special, to which every citizen of the Santa Cristal island reacts in a peculiar way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José R. Román
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Sara Jarque  •  Sunshine Logroño  •  Adrián García

A renowned telenovela actor announces the end of the world in a television special, to which every citizen of the Santa Cristal island reacts in a peculiar way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José R. Román
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Sara Jarque  •  Sunshine Logroño  •  Adrián García

Kamaleón (2003)

The underground world of the early-2000s rave clubbing scene in Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Kravitz
CAST:  Luis Freddie Vázquez  •  Ricardo Álvarez  •  Ramon Saldaña  •  José Brocco

The underground world of the early-2000s rave clubbing scene in Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Kravitz
CAST:  Luis Freddie Vázquez  •  Ricardo Álvarez  •  Ramon Saldaña  •  José Brocco

Second Honeymoon (2001)

A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a tropical trip as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Peerce
CAST:  Alba Raquel Barros  •  Roma Downey  •  Tim Matheson  •  Daniel Lugo

A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a tropical trip as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Peerce
CAST:  Alba Raquel Barros  •  Roma Downey  •  Tim Matheson  •  Daniel Lugo

El Chata (2017)

Samuel returns to his neighborhood after eight years in prison, which have obligated him to act in ways he never imagined, but also to think about his life and what he believes he is made for: boxing. Many things have changed since Samuel has been gone. Joe, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Ramos Perales
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Alexon Duprey  •  Camila Monclova  •  Mariana Monclova

Samuel returns to his neighborhood after eight years in prison, which have obligated him to act in ways he never imagined, but also to think about his life and what he believes he is made for: boxing. Many things have changed since Samuel has been gone. Joe, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Ramos Perales
CAST:  Modesto Lacen  •  Alexon Duprey  •  Camila Monclova  •  Mariana Monclova

Dos caminos (2017)

The story of Dani and Mickie, twins marked by misfortune at an early age and how the decisions made by each affected the rest of their lives in a shocking way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Enrique Rodríguez Ramos
CAST:  Luis Sebastián Borges  •  Carlos Miranda  •  Alejandra Espinoza  •  Modesto Lacen

The story of Dani and Mickie, twins marked by misfortune at an early age and how the decisions made by each affected the rest of their lives in a shocking way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Enrique Rodríguez Ramos
CAST:  Luis Sebastián Borges  •  Carlos Miranda  •  Alejandra Espinoza  •  Modesto Lacen

Sol de medianoche (2017)

Manolo is a private detective who specializes in adultery cases. Commissioned by one of the victims, he takes photos and videos of adulterous couples in fraganti. He often attempts double-schemes, however, by sending the evidence to the other victim, in an attempt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sánchez
CAST:  Aris Mejias  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Laura Aleman  •  Cordelia González

Manolo is a private detective who specializes in adultery cases. Commissioned by one of the victims, he takes photos and videos of adulterous couples in fraganti. He often attempts double-schemes, however, by sending the evidence to the other victim, in an attempt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sánchez
CAST:  Aris Mejias  •  Modesto Lacen  •  Laura Aleman  •  Cordelia González

Fistful of Dirt (2018)

Yei, an energetic ten-year-old boy, spends his days setting traps for crabs and foraging for gasoline, while trying to keep his desperately ill mother Wanda alive and avoid drunken Alicio who lives with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Silva
CAST:  Julio Gastón Ramos  •  Dolores Pedro  •  Modesto Lacen

Yei, an energetic ten-year-old boy, spends his days setting traps for crabs and foraging for gasoline, while trying to keep his desperately ill mother Wanda alive and avoid drunken Alicio who lives with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Silva
CAST:  Julio Gastón Ramos  •  Dolores Pedro  •  Modesto Lacen
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